The Parliament of Georgia will vote for the package of constitutional amendments in the second reading today. The sitting will start at 12:00.

As the Speaker of the Parliament Archil Talakvadze said, the third reading vote will take place next week”: “In this way, the Parliament will hear the proposed constitutional changes three times and complete the process”.

The Parliament has supported the draft constitutional amendments in the first reading on June, 21. 142 MPs took part in the vote, 136 of whom supported the draft constitutional amendments. Only 5 MPs voted against.

According to the draft amendments, the 2020 parliamentary elections will be held under a mixed electoral system (120 / 30) and with 1% threshold. The draft amendments provide for the so-called 40% locking mechanism as well. In particular, the party, which will receive less than 40.54% support under the proportional system, will not be able to form an independent government.

The National Movement faction refused to take part in the vote, while members of European Georgia participated in the voting.